Name details

Summary
Name (attested)

Attiania Matrona

Name (citation form)Attiania
SourceIII 5612, ILLPRON940, Lupa 9077
Source typeepigraphic
Type of inscriptiondedicatory
Materialmarble
Date and origin
Location (modern)Braunau am Inn
Location (ancient)
CommunityBraunau am Inn
District, regionBraunau am Inn
Population group
Date
Source of date
Linguistic notes
Languageunknown, possibly Celtic
Genderf.
Name typepseudo gentile
Use of nameL 2
Word formationsimple
Prefix
First element*atta-, *atti(o)- '(foster) father'
NPC 212, DLG2: 59, EDPC 46
Second element
Suffixiania
Stem classia
Casenom. sg.
Semantic fieldFam
Other
Relations(H) L(ucius) Restitut(ius) Perpetu(u)s, (S) Restutus, (S) Florinus
General notespseudo gentile derived from*attiano-, further segmentable as *atta- 'father' and Latin -ianus-Suffix.
Other attestationsAttianius BEG 3 (CIL XIII 7076, 6078, 4264), NOR 1 (IBR 56)
Secondary literatureNPC 32 (Attia), 212, DLG2: 59, EDPC 46, Kajanto 35, 141, Meid 253f. (Atto)